Measurement

Examples

• The only known standard for the measurement of time is the movement of the earth in relation to the stars. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The micrometer was a further advance in exact measurement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• There was no pause, no pity, no peace, no interval of relenting rest, no measurement of time. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The prisoner counted the measurement again, and paced faster, to draw his mind with him from that latter repetition. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Another Platonist made the first measurement of the earth's circumference. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Its amount or measurement is determined in any instance by a dynamometer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• They are big through the chest by measurement, and healthy. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Descartes' interest was not in the several branches of mathematics; rather he wished to establish a uni versal mathematics, a general science relating to order and measurement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• O endless vocatives that would still leave expression slipping helpless from the measurement of mortal folly! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Galileo, to whom the advance in exact science is so largely indebted, must also be credited with the fir st apparatus for the measurement of temperatures. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Gold is divided into twenty-four parts--that is, pure gold is said to contain twenty-four carats--the carat being just a measurement term. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Clandestine and occasional vice is beyond all measurement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I left my measurement with a tailor, with directions not to make the uniform until I notified him whether it was to be for infantry or dragoons. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Their method of field measurement was far less developed than the ancient Egyptian geometry, and even for it (as well as for their system of numerals) they were indebted to the Etruscans. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But now observe this other measurement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Houston & Kennelly in their Electricity in Everyday Life sum the matter up as follows: The Edison chemical meter is capable of giving fair measurements of the amount of current passing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In practice, and for measurements of a very delicate nature, the tasimeter is inserted in one arm of a Wheatstone bridge, as shown at A in the diagram (Fig. 2). Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I eat to keep my weight constant, hence I need never change measurements. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I have tried to reconstruct it from the measurements. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• His conversation, I remember, was about the Bertillon system of measurements, and he expressed his enthusiastic admiration of the French savant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He said that some twenty years ago a suit was sent to him from Orange, and measurements were made from it, and that every suit since had been made from these measurements. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I knew that it was the mark made by Brunton in his measurements, and that I was still upon his trail. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Preparations are afoot, measurements are made, ground is staked out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The one nearest the Valley Road is called the galvanometer-room, and was originally intended by Edison to be used for the most delicate and minute electrical measurements. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Accurate measurements show that these ornaments were not handwork, for there is not the slightest deviation in dimensions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Man has not been able to tell definitely just what the greatest depth of the ocean is, because it would be a practically unending task to go over every bit of it to take measurements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For many years a suit was used as a measurement; once or twice they took fresh measurements, but these didn't fit and they had to go back. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The most accurate measurements make the polar diameter about twenty-seven miles less than the equatorial, the equatorial diameter being found to be 7,925. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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